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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1907
Page
2
Local notices recount visits and travel among families around Woodbine and nearby towns. Christmas greetings and holiday visits fill the week with reports of births, health, and community movements. Supt. W A. Mantis remarks on schools. Dr. Moses hospital visit. Henry Parker praises corn progress. Chan Chantry returns from San Francisco aboard a cruiser bound for tech training.
A flood of Christmas travel and family gatherings fills Malvern and nearby towns. Rev J J Wilkins and family visited Road Oak. S A Tipton joined relatives in Indianola. Lillian and Wthel Cunningham returned home for the holidays. James McKown from California visits Roy west of town. Daaid Cuocingham came from Madison Nebraska. Several families plan Christmas functions, housewarmings, and reunions with friends and kin across the region, including gatherings at the Shaw, Dull, and Durant households. Local merchants and travelers report prosperous moments and anticipate permanent residence changes and upcoming seed testing at John Summers’ farm-assisted projects.
At a Thursday evening lodge session the local Masons elected officers for the coming year including H. A. Norton as Worshipful Master W. My as Senior Warden Lt. Humphrey as Junior Warden Alf Wolfe as Senior Deacon J. W. Miller as Junior Deacon W. Durbin as Secretary and red Durbin as Treasurer.
Members of Malvern Woodmen Camp 1853 MWA announce an oyster supper on January 8 at Malvern Woodman Hall to celebrate the order's 26th anniversary. The event is a strictly Woodman affair with a promised big time for all in attendance.
L W Huffaker of Silver City cherishes two historic writings as relics of early U S history and Methodism. One doc certifies the renewal of Miles Huffaker's Deense on September 8 1828, signed for the Apple Creek Circuit by Peter Cartwright. The other lists books purchased from the Methodist Book Concern of Cincinnati dated 1947. Miles Huffaker linked to L W and M B Huffaker of Silver City.
Local students from Malvern and nearby areas are back for holiday with many taking time from colleges across the nation. Names include Ivy Campbell and Ruth Young from the State University at Iowa City, Claud Kearney and Olga Otis from Simpson College, and others from Iowa and neighboring states.
In Rawles township Mr. Grant Parker prepares to move as neighbors celebrate. The Silver City Methodist Sunday school presented him a Bible. Forty to fifty friends gathered to toast the Parker family with a plush lap robe and refreshments at their home. A public reception is planned tonight at the Silver City M E Church.
Notice announces coupon redemption by Mr Hammes for talking machines and records or queenware. On January 1st premiums of any kind will be discontinued. A clean variety of queenware is offered. First come, first served with a choice in the selection. Also an assortment of Victor Talking machines and records for sale or gift.
Mrs Gedride Short died at home after illness of nine days with measles and complications. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm. Mrs R G Craig died December 20 after ten days illness. service at Strahan M E Church and burial in Malvern. Maude Lorene Webbler born February 29 1876. married 1895 to Robert G Craig. two sons and two daughters survive. Card of thanks from A G Craig et al.
List of remaining mail at Malvern Iowa for the week ending December 26 1907 includes Miss Margaret Thornburg and Mrs Arthur Sheply.
A Tabor College delegation visited Friday to face Malvern High in basketball. The Malvern boys led 34 to 15, while the girls fell 15 to 11. A large Sunday program at the Methodist church featured a concert with soloists, orchestra, and choirs. Mills County students at the State University formed a Mills County Club with plans for a holiday alumni reunion.
The Church of Christ announces regular services will be held next Sabbath at the usual hours with Mr. Frank W. Throw from Omaha supplying the pulpit for both morning and evening sessions. Parishioners are urged to read the notice and plan attendance accordingly.
A notice offers a $25 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone stealing chickens or unlawfully taking poultry. The alert emphasizes the need to deter theft and identify the culprits, urging community assistance to report suspects to authorities.
The following officers and directors for next year are named H Huffaker president W Burgoin vice president A P Reeve secretary W B Oaks treasurer Directors John H Sawyer Clarence S D GL Hennahéimer N M Chambers Anderson Geo Parker Ingraham Oak Platteville Glenwood Center Malvern Silver Creek Sherman Jones Tadinn H B Cheney Deer Creek Robt Criswell White Cloud III Summers Bowles Alex Moore Tyona Benj Dean The committee on resolutions moves to thank Malvern residents and business people for hospitality at the corn show praise the Malvern Orchestra Miss Potts and her group readers musicians and supporters and commend the presiding officers and secretary for their faithful work.
A string of notices lists sales and wants including Poland China pigs, fresh produce and bakery items, blankets at cost, shovels soup bowls and sleds at local shops, maple syrup and nuts, cattle and poultry, and wood and wagon works. It also records lost items, a found shawl, and a request to return a shawl to the lecture office. Numerous merchants named: Deardorff, Ash & Long, Patterson, Swanson & Foater, Rimel, Malvern trades, and Tabor area listings.
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